Thursday, November 17, 2011

Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary


bù: (negative prefix); not; no
gāo: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific); (Chinese surname)
    xìng:    feeling or desire to do something; interest in something; excitement
公司  gōngsī: (business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated
工作 gōngzuò: job; work; construction; task
guì: expensive; noble; your (name); precious
汉语 hànyǔ: Chinese language
汉字   hànzì: Chinese character; Japanese: kanji; Korean: hanja
jiào: to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
jiāo: to teach
教书 jiāoshū: to teach (in a school)
贸易 màoyì: (commercial) trade
měi: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to be pleased with oneself; the Americas; abbr. for 美洲; USA; abbr. for 美國
guó: country; nation; state; national; (Chinese surname)
rén: man; person; people
认识 rènshi: to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with somebody; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
生日 shēngrì: birthday
什么 shénme: what
请问 qǐngwèn: Excuse me, may I ask...?
shēng: to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw, uncooked
yì: idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate; Italy; Italian; abbr. for 意大利
shū: book; letter; see also 書經 Book of History
外国 wàiguó: foreign (country)
晚会 wǎnhuì: evening party
xìng: family name; surname; name
学院 xuéyuàn: college; educational institute; school; faculty
语言 yǔyán: language
zài: (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing something; (indicating an action in progress)
zuò: to do; to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to act as; to engage in; to hold (a party); to be; to become; to function (in some capacity); to serve as; to be used for; to form (a bond or relationship); to pretend; to feign; to act a part; to put on appearance

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